Ok college football fans, it's almost that time of year again. Some have already asked if there is going to be a pick'em again this year. Comment here if you plan on playing this year. All are welcome to play. This is my 2nd year of being moderator over the pick'em, along with help from BR, whose husband will pick games for us again this year. Thanks to both of you. Here are the rules for this years pick'em, these are the same as last year with one addition.
1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings.
2. The deadline for making your pick for any game is 9 AM Central Time on date of that game.
3. Anyone who misses the deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games not picked for that date.
4. Any changes after a pick is made must appear in a new post, not in an edited prior post, and by 9 AM Central Time for the date of the game for which your pick is changed. Failure to do this will result in your change being invalid.
5. For some games that are of great interest, but in which one team has a lopsided advantage, points may be added to the underdog's score by the person choosing the slate of games each week.
6. Each correct pick earns one point.
7. The winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person who has the most points, not the highest percentage of correct picks.
8. Bonus questions may be included later in the season in case a tie-breaker is needed. The points from these questions will not be added to a picker's total points for the season.
9. Leaders for each week, for the regular season, and for the bowl games will be recognized. However, the winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person with the most wins for the season, including bowl games.
Happy picking!
Lady D
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beats on hood
Hope I can do better this week. These teams that are pulling these upsets are killing me.Ditto.
Beach Fanatic
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Lover
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
ROLL TIDE!
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
ROLL TIDE!
Skunky
Congratulations to BeachSiO2 and carson for leading week 2 with 9 correct picks. Congratulations to steel1man for sustaining his week 1 overall lead. Another tough week.
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri[/B
]Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
beats on hood
Week 3 Pick'ems. Maybe easier...
First game Saturday
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
First game Saturday
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Week 3 Pick'ems. Maybe easier...
First game Saturday
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
First game Saturday
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Lover
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
Maryland
Bowling Green St
Missouri
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Air Force
Texas Tech
South Carolina
Northern Illinois
Florida
Penn St
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal
Oklahoma
Bowling Green St
Missouri
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Air Force
Texas Tech
South Carolina
Northern Illinois
Florida
Penn St
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal
Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
Week 3 Pick'ems. Maybe easier... First game Saturday West Virginia @ Maryland Indiana @ Bowling Green St Central Florida @ Missouri Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech Louisville @ Virginia Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5 Arkansas @ Texas Tech Georgia @ South Carolina Northern Illinois @ UNLV Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida Penn St @ Rutgers UCLA @ Texas Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5 Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
West Virginia
Indiana
Missouri
Georgia Southern
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Air Force
Arkansas
Georgia
Unlv
Florida
Penn State
Ucla
Southern Cal
Tennessee
Admin
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
steel1man, you messed up UCLA/Texas. Not that you need any help from me. ;-)
Beach Fanatic
steel1man, you messed up UCLA/Texas. Not that you need any help from me. ;-)I was increasing my ODDS!!! LOL
Thanks. revised list. Sorry
Maryland
Bowling Green St
Missouri
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Air Force
Texas Tech
South Carolina
Northern Illinois
Florida
Penn St
UCLA
Southern Cal
Oklahoma
Beach Fanatic
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Beach Lover
The locals are all abuzz about this week's action out here in Sin City, and it seemed I had to "dig deep" to uncover where the BIG MONEY was going...funny thing is, I saw a bunch of the Rebels' players hanging around at the local books, so you just never know...
MARYLAND ... but it's going to be a close one...defense will prevail
INDIANA ... coming off a bye week, says bye-bye to the home team...Bac might just bet the OVER on this one, should be lots of points
MISSOURI ...hey, with guys named Maty Mauk and Gary Pinkel as the brain trust, O'Leary will be looking to get back to FL by the end of the 1st half...unless, that is, he finds a 4-leaf clover...
GEORGIA SOUTHERN + 23.5 points...look, a couple of tarts at the bar hit me up for double vodka/cranberry's just so one of them could whisper in my ear which team scored 83 points last week
EAST CAROLINA + 10.5 points....sounds hokey, doesn't it? could be another "back-door" cover or the Pirates ( sorry, pardon my language!)
LOUISVILLE...should be over in Q1, and the Cardinals should rule the nest here
AIR FORCE -11.5 points....look closely for Obama in the crowd, since he'll likely be interviewing Falcon band members for a chance to visit Syria... soon
TEXAS TECH. By at least 2
SOUTH CAROLINA...Desperate=Dangerous..
NORTHERN ILLINOIS ... second only to Alabama in # wins last several years ( according to the aforementioned bar-flys, who by then had conned me out of another round of doubles....) face it...insightful, knowlegeable Insider Intel is expensive!
KENTUCKY + 17.5 POINTS...likely that .5 will come in handy...
PENN STATE ...just became bowl eligible, their QB has the hot hand, and Rutgers coach just got 2-year extension this week, so guess what he'll be thinking about...
UCLA.
SOUTHERN CAL -19.5 POINTS...with or without Pat Haden
TENNESSEE +21.5 points...Vols looking to get their mojo back, and "sooner, rather than later"
GoodLuck 2 all!
MARYLAND ... but it's going to be a close one...defense will prevail
INDIANA ... coming off a bye week, says bye-bye to the home team...Bac might just bet the OVER on this one, should be lots of points
MISSOURI ...hey, with guys named Maty Mauk and Gary Pinkel as the brain trust, O'Leary will be looking to get back to FL by the end of the 1st half...unless, that is, he finds a 4-leaf clover...
GEORGIA SOUTHERN + 23.5 points...look, a couple of tarts at the bar hit me up for double vodka/cranberry's just so one of them could whisper in my ear which team scored 83 points last week
EAST CAROLINA + 10.5 points....sounds hokey, doesn't it? could be another "back-door" cover or the Pirates ( sorry, pardon my language!)
LOUISVILLE...should be over in Q1, and the Cardinals should rule the nest here
AIR FORCE -11.5 points....look closely for Obama in the crowd, since he'll likely be interviewing Falcon band members for a chance to visit Syria... soon
TEXAS TECH. By at least 2
SOUTH CAROLINA...Desperate=Dangerous..
NORTHERN ILLINOIS ... second only to Alabama in # wins last several years ( according to the aforementioned bar-flys, who by then had conned me out of another round of doubles....) face it...insightful, knowlegeable Insider Intel is expensive!
KENTUCKY + 17.5 POINTS...likely that .5 will come in handy...
PENN STATE ...just became bowl eligible, their QB has the hot hand, and Rutgers coach just got 2-year extension this week, so guess what he'll be thinking about...
UCLA.
SOUTHERN CAL -19.5 POINTS...with or without Pat Haden
TENNESSEE +21.5 points...Vols looking to get their mojo back, and "sooner, rather than later"
GoodLuck 2 all!
Edited
SoWal InsiderAuthor
The locals are all abuzz about this week's action out here in Sin City, and it seemed I had to "dig deep" to uncover where the BIG MONEY was going...funny thing is, I saw a bunch of the Rebels' players hanging around at the local books, so you just never know...
MARYLAND ... but it's going to be a close one...defense will prevail
INDIANA ... coming off a bye week, says bye-bye to the home team...I might just bet the over on this one, should be lots of points
MISSOURI ...hey, with guys named Maty Mauk and Gary Pinkel as the brain trust, O'Leary will be looking to get back to FL by the end of the 1st half...unless, that is, he finds a 4-leaf clover...
GEORGIA SOUTHERN + 23.5 points...look, a couple of tarts at the bar hit me up for double vodka/cranberry's just so one of them could whisper in my ear which team scored 83 points last week
EAST CAROLINA + 10.5 points....sounds hokey, doesn't it? could be another "back-door" cover or the Pirates ( sorry, pardon my language!)
LOUISVILLE...should be over in Q1, and the Cardinals should rule this one
AIR FORCE....look closely or Obama in the crowd, since he'll likely be interviewing Falcon band members for a chance to visit Syria, soon
TEXAS TECH. By at least 2
SOUTH CAROLINA...Desperate=Dangerous..
NORTHERN ILLINOIS ... second only to Alabama in # wins last several years ( according to the aforementioned bar-flys, who by then had conned me out of another round of doubles....) ace it...Insider Intel is expensive!
KENTUCKY + 17.5 POINTS...likely that .5 will come in handy...
PENN STATE ...just became bowl eligible, their QB has the hot hand, and Rutgers coach just got 2-year extension this week, so guess what he'll be thinking about...
Where are your picks for the last 3 games? Am I overlooking them?
Beach Lover
No, they are there...thanks for checking.
As I was wrapping up my post and hit send, I got an error message saying I was not signed in
Naturally, I HAD SIGNED IN, but it took me 6 tries to re-sign in, and FORTUNATELY, the auto save feature had "saved " all but my last several picks.
So, when I went back to redo the last several, I reposted them quickly, and with no closing commentary!
I was in such a hurry, some of my grammar mistakes which I had "fixed" the first time around missed the cut as well...
lucky me...
As I was wrapping up my post and hit send, I got an error message saying I was not signed in
Naturally, I HAD SIGNED IN, but it took me 6 tries to re-sign in, and FORTUNATELY, the auto save feature had "saved " all but my last several picks.
So, when I went back to redo the last several, I reposted them quickly, and with no closing commentary!
I was in such a hurry, some of my grammar mistakes which I had "fixed" the first time around missed the cut as well...
lucky me...
Beach Fanatic
Maryland
Indiana
Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Air Force
Texas Tech
Georgia
Northern Illinois
Florida
Penn St
UCLA
Boston College +19.5
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Air Force
Texas Tech
Georgia
Northern Illinois
Florida
Penn St
UCLA
Boston College +19.5
Oklahoma
Nebraska
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Tennessee must be a glutton for punishment by wanting to schedule games against teams like Oklahoma and Oregon. No other SEC team will schedule games against a team like that. The Vols have no prayer against Oklahoma tomorrow night. They have 30 freshmen and have lost two key players for tomorrow's game, two key players period. Ugh.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Maryland
Indiana
Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Air Force
Texas Tech
Georgia
Northern Illinois
Florida
Penn St
UCLA
Boston College +19.5
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Where did the Nebraska game come from?
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Changing my pick from Tennessee + 21.5 to Oklahoma.
beats on hood
FYI: According to the posted rules, Saturday game picks can be changed prior to 9 AM CDT on Saturday. New rule: if a Saturday game starts before 11 AM CDT, all Saturday game picks can be changed 1 hour prior to the first scheduled game time on Saturday. Remember that a game started at 8:30 EDT on a recent Saturday. That's the first time this has ever happened.
Beach Lover
West Virginia @ Maryland
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Good luck to all. Deedee
Indiana @ Bowling Green St
Central Florida @ Missouri
Georgia Southern +23.5 @ Georgia Tech
East Carolina +10.5 @ Virginia Tech
Louisville @ Virginia
Air Force @ Georgia St +11.5
Arkansas @ Texas Tech
Georgia @ South Carolina
Northern Illinois @ UNLV
Kentucky +17.5 @ Florida
Penn St @ Rutgers
UCLA @ Texas
Southern Cal @ Boston College +19.5
Tennessee +21.5 @ Oklahoma
Good luck to all. Deedee
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